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August 24-28, 2026

Daily: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern

CDFA Summer Institute is a week long virtual series of courses presented by the CDFA Training Institute. These courses qualify for the CDFA Training Institute's Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) Program. Participants may register for up to five courses during this event.

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Featured State Resources

IFA Illinois Finance Authority Members only

Serving Illinois’ diverse farm and agri-businesses, Illinois Finance Authority provides access to low-cost capital to help seed,...

Social Equity Cannabis Loan Program

Access to Capital | Cannabis Finance | Social Finance

DCEO established the Social Equity Cannabis Loan Program for the purposes of providing financial assistance to social equity...

State Tax Incentive Evaluations Database - National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)Members only

Economic Development | Incentives | State Finance Program | Tax Credits

States across the country are starting to gather data and use evidence to systematically evaluate tax incentives. To illustrate...

Seeding Climate Resilience Through Equitable Investment Members only

In this publication, the Center for Community Investment uses six case studies of successful climate resilience investments to...

State Small Business Credit Initiative - Interactive Tool

Access to Capital | Community Development | Disaster Recovery & Relief | Economic Development | U.S. Dept. of Treasury

This interactive data tool from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows total SSBCI investments, percent of investments in...

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Illinois Development Finance Headlines

Urbana Getting State Tax Credit Toward Creating Affordable Housing
WCIA | Jul. 7 | Housing Finance | Tax Credits

Rockford City Council Delays Vote On Proposed Tax Incentives Under Community Fire
WIFR | Jun. 29 | Tax Increment Finance (TIF)

Intersolar & Energy Storage North America Midwest Concludes, Tackling Grid Transformation, AI Demand, and Clean Energy Finance
Business Wire | Jun. 24 | Energy Finance | Green Finance

Johnson Proposes Revised $424.9M TIF Package for The 78 Development
Chicago Construction News | Jun. 23 | Economic Development | Tax Increment Finance (TIF)

Homewood D153 Uses Bonds to Finance School Improvements
Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle | Jun. 14 | Bond Finance | Education

Chicago’s Big Foundry Park Project Could Receive More than $200M in Public Funding
CoStar | Jun. 8 | Economic Development | Redevelopment | Tax Increment Finance (TIF)

Illinois Joins Ohio in Ordering Pause on Data Center Tax Credits
Fortune | Jun. 6 | Incentives | Tax Credits

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Featured State Programs

501(c)(3) Lease Program

Illinois Finance Authority (IFA) | Bond Finance

The IFA provides non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporations with low cost, tax-exempt lease financing for acquisition of machinery, equipment or other fixed asset and capital improvement projects.

501(c)(3) Revenue Bond Program

Illinois Finance Authority (IFA) | Bond Finance

The IFA helps non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporations secure low-cost, tax-exempt financing for capital improvement projects through tax-exempt revenue bonds.

Advancing the Development of Minority Entrepreneurship (ADME)

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) | Small Business Finance

ADME is a community investment program developed to strengthen Illinois’ start-up and small business community ecosystem by tapping into the potential of minority business owners and entrepreneurs.

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